Held annually on 7 November – on the birthday of the world’s first medical physicist, Marie Salomea Skłodowska–Curie – the International Day of Medical Physics raises awareness of the field’s ...

The IAEA and the European Federation of Organisations for Medical Physics are strengthening cooperation on activities that promote the safe and effective use of ionizing radiation in medicine for ...

Beyond the medical physics program’s academic rigor, the recent class of graduates also developed the Medical Physics Club of Purdue, a student organization that offers opportunities for medical ...

Most countries have medical physics societies and rules for equipment quality control, but the recognition and job roles of medical physicists vary. Challenges included a lack of awareness of the ...

Born out of the use of radiation in medicine, medical physics includes medical procedures like radiation treatments and the diagnostic use of radiation, such as CT scans, x-rays, radiography and ...

Sarah Lindh ’08 grew up with a deep-rooted passion for science—an interest sparked early by a family filled with engineers. She developed a strong passion for physics early on and knew that science ...

From the time he was a child enthralled with science fiction, Aaron Fishbein knew he wanted to study physics. Now, as a student in UMass Lowell’s highly selective medical physics graduate program, ...

Medical physicist Chris Williams, who completed his NASA astronaut training in 2024, has been selected to serve aboard the International Space Station (ISS) as part of the Expedition 74 crew and is ...